Day: March 17, 2009

St. Paddy’s Day Just Isn’t St. Paddy’s Day Without a Hunk o’ Boiled Meat

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(This post is dedicated to Music Maven, who loves boiled meat the most!)  😉

So, you take a slab of corned beef  (I prefer the eye round cut which is more expensive than the brisket, but yummier.)  Stick it in a big pot, and fill the pot with water to cover the beef well.  Add a teaspoon or two of minced garlic, and a couple tablespoons of pickling spices.  If you don’t have pickling spices, throw in a couple of bay leaves and a tablespoon of peppercorns…whatever else you want.  Rosemary might be nice? 

Bring it to a boil, then simmer that hunk o’ meat for about two hours.  Then you add your carrots and potatoes (I use whole baby reds) and continue simmering for 15-20 minutes.  Then add your cabbage and continue to simmer for the last 15 minutes.  Easy peasy one two threesy!  That’s it!

Serve it up!  Douse that cabbage in butter, salt and pepper—vinegar is good too…(just put it on a separate plate if you’re using vinegar or your whole dinner will taste like vinegar.)  Dijon mustard is good on the corned beef, but I prefer it all on it’s own.  (Shrew, this is the point at which you put on your blindfold.)  Dig in!

MmmmMmmmmmGooooooood!  🙂

The Mindful Eye

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I wanted to point out a new link over in my blogroll…The Mindful Eye.  This website is PACKED with information and I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface.  Their tagline is “Education and Inspiration for the Mind and Spirit of the Photographer.”  Be sure to read “The Myth of Talent.”  Inspiring for those of us learning and practicing.  Enjoy!  (Shrew, you might as well call in sick today…you’ll be too busy reading to work!)  😉

Addendum:

Well, interestingly enough, as Shrew pointed out in the comments, this artist was highlighted, and the article “The Myth of Talent” was posted at Shrew’s Shutters way back when in October 2007.  The discussion that followed is well worth the read through.  I am going to go out on a limb and say that I believe some of you will read the thread and think, “Wow!  I’ve come so far!”  I must’ve been stuck in the Twilight Zone in October ’07 because I never read that article, and was obviously not involved in the conversation that day.  Fascinating that I would come across it two and a half years later on my own, and have it strike such a chord with me that I felt compelled to share it with all of you.  Feel free to share your stories of growth.  This makes me wonder what other treasures are lurking back in the archives that would be worth resurrecting?